Chapter 821: Sorry (1)

Beside Su Yu, Liu Hong was also looking at the departing myriad race experts, but he did not show much interest in them. Rather, he continued talking to Su Yu. At this point, Su Yu was starting to get tired of Liu Hong. This fellow was too talkative. He had the urge to give this fellow a punch.

Seemingly sensing Su Yu's impatience, Liu Hong suddenly used voice transmission, "Brother Cui, you might not be interested in anything else. How about the disassembly method?"

"Hmm?" Su Yu finally turned to look at Liu Hong. With a smile, Liu Hong continued his voice transmission, "Disassembly method. Something capable of rearranging character techniques. Are you interested?"

"And you know it?"

"Of course."

"Are you messing with me?"

"Absolutely not." Liu Hong said, "You might not know this, but I do have a lot of friends in Great Xia Cultural Research Academy. I am also quite important here. Others might not be able to get the disassembly method, but I have my ways. Brother Cui, are you interested or not?"

"That is the secret technique of the multiple character faction. How did you get your hands on it?"

Liu Hong said, "That is not something you need to worry about. You only need to tell me if you want it or not."

Su Yu stared at Liu Hong. Was this a scam or was this real? And if it was real, was it deliberately leaked by Hong Tan or had this fellow someone obtained it through some dirty means? Hong Tan and Bai Feng weren't stupid enough to get scammed by this fellow, right?

Su Yu smiled and replied, "Yes, I am. What do you want for it? But I want the real deal. If you're lying, I will make your life hell. Don't get overconfident just because you're a Cloudbreach."

"Of course." Liu Hong replied in excitement, "I wouldn't do something like that. Be rest assured. This is not the place to talk. Brother Cui, let's go to a more suitable venue."

Su Yu gave it a thought and nodded in agreement.

A few minutes later, the two arrived at a relatively empty teahouse.

After entering a private room, they sat facing each other.

Su Yu went straight to the point, "Let's not waste time. Show me. I need to know if it's the real deal. Since you claim to know it, you must have a character technique as well. If you can't show me a character technique, nobody will trust you."

Liu Hong said, "Why the rush, Brother Cui? Let's talk terms first. The disassembly method has yet to be released. Even after completion, it won't be distributed openly. Since you're not a citizen of Great Xia, you won't get it even if the prefecture is trying to recruit you. By the time it becomes more widely available, many years might have passed."

"Name your terms."

"A hundred thousand merit points and ten peak profound cultural weapons. This is reasonable, right?"

Su Yu said, "It is reasonable if this is not a scam. If this is a scam, you are being way too greedy with it."

"Of course it's not a scam!" Liu Hong beamed and said, "The authenticity of my product is guaranteed!"

It wasn't like the two of them were close. Either he was desperate or he didn't actually care if his secret was leaked. Su Yu had always viewed Liu Hong as a cunning and selfish fox who would only cared about himself. But strictly speaking, that was how most cultivators behaved.

Even Su Yu himself was such a person. Of course, he was perhaps not as excessive as Liu Hong who would scam even his own people. Or maybe he never viewed himself as one of them. Nobody knew what he was thinking.

At the very least, Liu Hong seemed rather loyal to his teacher, Elder Zhao, who was currently in seclusion. It seemed reasonable for someone like that to reveal his character technique if there were benefits to be gained. But Su Yu still felt like he had been way too ready to do so.

Were they close? Why was he revealing his secret so casually? Was Liu Hong doing that because he was confident Su Yu wouldn't leak it or was there a different reason?

Su Yu sank into thought. Liu Hong hurriedly said, "Brother Cui, I can take a step back, but you can't tell anyone. Only the two of us can know this. It will be quite troublesome if this is leaked."

Su Yu said, "If I'm not remembering things wrongly, Elder Hong once said that the disassembly method is only effective up to the Skysoar Realm. But you're a Cloudbreach, right?"

"That's not surprising at all."

Liu Hong explained, "Any researcher will hold something back to serve as their trump card. The general practice is to produce several versions and release the weakest version first. After some time, they can release a slightly better version. That way, they can maximize their gains. They also don't need to worry about illegal copies. You should know about this practice very well as well, Brother Cui."

Su Yu nodded, "You mean Elder Hong has actually produced a method that is effective up to the Cloudbreach Realm?"

"Yes."

Su Yu started cursing inwardly. Bullshit! This was definitely a scam! This damn bastard had most definitely obtained a character technique long ago. Damn this scammer! Just what was up with Liu Hong? What was he trying to do?

Su Yu couldn't figure out what Liu Hong was thinking.

Liu Hong said, "Eighty thousand merit points. Brother Cui, you only need to pay that much for the method. Of course, you must promise to not leak it. Is that agreeable?"

Su Yu frowned and said, "Without asking anyone, I might not be able to determine if it's the real deal. I am not knowledgeable enough for that..."

Liu Hong clenched his teeth and said, "Fine. I won't play dumb. I'll be perfectly honest here. I've sold the same product to someone else before this. It is definitely the real deal or I would have been dead already."

"Who?"

"Someone from Great Shang. You probably know her. Shang Tianjiao. Is this a familiar name?"

"Huh? She's in Great Xia as well?"

"She passed through several days ago on her way to Great Zhou. I encountered her while I was out on a random errand. Since I was in need of money, I offered the method to her. She paid 120,000 merit points for it. Now that I'm selling the same product again, I can give you a big discount and take only 80,000 merit points."

Su Yu furrowed his brows, "Are you telling the truth?"